$4 per gallon and here her -- we are, again. most of libya's oil goes to europe. >> i didn't know libya had this much input on our gas it does. european countries start to compete with the u.s.. for our sources of oil. more demand drives prices higher. just a week ago oil around $85 per barrel. moody says a dollar increase translates into another 2.5 cents that, is why you started to pay 40 cents or more every time you fuel up. >> and and paying more here is expected to affect consumer spending z saying there is $1.2 kblinl in consumer funding into our economy.

>> that is the weekend movies and date nights. have to cut back a little bit. >> this hardware store has been in business since 1898. the manager will find a way to cover his price autos we have rubber products and oil price that's are going to hike up. and that will increase our price autos if consumers don't buy goods, businesses will pull back. daniel is with the abc business unit. >> there is a big negative affect. investors saying if prices for oil remain high, corporate profits goring to go down. >> and saying that saudi arabia will fill in the void but there is concern what's happening in libya may have an impact on other oil-producing companies like saudi arabia.

when there is this level the uncertainty, the stock market does not like it. one more thing here 10 years ago we're paying $1.76 per gallon for gasoline. >> and president obama condemned violence in libya, announcing he's studying options to pressure muammar gaddafi to stop attacks against his people. reports say mersen yairys are shooting everyone in sight. this video claims to show fighting. pro testers are not backing down, taking to the streets today and president obama says free speech rights must be protected. >> these actions violate international norms. and every standard of common decency. this violence must stop.

muammar gaddafi is vowing to stay in power, there is a mass exodus along libya's borders, thousands crossing into egypt, many call the situation inside of the country a slaughter house. >> and in the astro there is some reason to celebrate there has been a policy reversal on same-sex marriage. and here in california the court fight continues over prop 8, banning same-sex marriage. and opponents are asking those marriages be allowed to resume and mark matthews is here with more. >> they filed a motion today in the courts. looks as if the two are somehow related because opponents of prop 8 before we got the announcement from the department in washington, d.c. and this has been a big day.

>> shane myer was at his computer this morning. >> i saw it on twitter and said this is so exciting. did you hear? >> he he and his partner want to get married but can't because of the prop 8, same-sex marriage ban. their excitement over a letter attorney general holder wrote to john boehner. our legal analyst calls it complicated but boiling down to a point. >> official position of the obama administration is that sexual orientation is a constitutional protective class and same-sex marriage is a right. >> this legal team cited the decision today in a the time. >> attorneys supporting this

prop 8 marriage ban say there is no reason to awill you gay marriage while the case is pending. the head of the catholics for common cause tell me developments run count dwroir wishes of the voters. >> this obama administration is splitting with the bipartisan majority in congress and people in 90% of the stays. >> he believes the ground is shifting and he and his partner have an interest in getting married as soon as possible. >> my father has cancer and spent the last summer in houston at md anderson clinic dealing with it. >> he says there are real consequences for delaying it. >> we should have our rights back. >> and professor cane telling me the decision today by the obama administration will do a couple thicks, first certainly

please the base, and not as much as it will energize social conservatives in the next election. >> thank you. >> there is breaking news in nappa. police searching for a 7-year-old boy who never came home from school. you can see from sky 7 here in just a moment, officers are working out a command post near northwood elementary school. the boy christian rubio left the school at 12:45 when classes ended for the day. we do have this little boy's face. take a look at it. he has blonde hair and blue eyes, last seen wearing a long sleeved blue tee shirt, blue jeans and black advance -- vance sneakers. several agencies have joined the search for christian. p if you see him, police want to you call them immediately. they want this boy home where he belongs. >> and moving on, get ready for another blast of cold winter weather. sandhya patel is here with

several watches about to go into affect. >> there is a very cold storm system that is dropping down from canada. this has prompted all of the watches and advisories. let's start with winter weather advisory. tomorrow afternoon, continuing throughout friday morning morning. an inch of snow expected down to a thousand feet. two to four inches and could see about a half foot or more above 2500 feet. and we're talking about a winter weather advisory around clear lake area rmt and this is hazardous driving conditions for the area. and... we sl v.a winter storm watch. this you can see in sierra nevada. for this santa cruz mountains from thursday evening throughout friday evening. one inch down to a thousand feet two to four inch as above 1500. could see a half foot or more. we're also going to see the

possibility of snow down to sea level. i'll be back with a look at the forecast in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much. >> in new zealandand police say the death toll from the christchurch quake is now risen to 76. 238 people remain missing in the quake. and authorities have not found trapped survivors since this rescue yesterday afternoon. but they believe there might still be pockets of survivors. in thousands of smaller buildings that have yet to be searched. >> we just want them home. yes. we just are sending our prayers to people and let's just remember that. we hope for the best fearing for the worst. >> officials evacuated a two-block area around a hotel and believe it's in danger of collapse.

there is a night time curfew to keep people away from the building asks and to prevent crime. noelle sis nair yos is covering the quake with us. i talked with her about the scene around that hotel. >> one of the really critical situations here in christchurch which has everybody on edge is that tallest building in downtown christchurch is a 27-story grand chancellor hotel. the ground has failed due to liquifaction and foundation of the building failed. thaifd -- they have had 5,000 after shocks here and what they're concerned about if this hits hard enough, that that building will come down all at once, and threaten all of the buildings in the areas. so only people in that very central part of the city are the military personnel trying to keep people away.

it's a safety hazard. >> this is a nice, sunny warm day for rescue workers here. this is a search and rescue effort. there are 300 people that might be missing. there are hundreds of military personnel and urban search and rescue people have come from the united states and they're looking for the people that are missing. by the way some of them are japanese students, there was a japanese school in the building you can see that fell. it's a very sad situation. >> and we'll have more on that story. but moving on a proposal to require apple to adopt and to disclose a succession plan is

holding down today. it was made by the laborers international union asking other public companies to dot same thing. the ceo is on his third medical leave in seven years, not present for the meeting in cupertino. >> we want to know there is a plan in place that they're developing internal candidates and have a plan in place and that they're working on using business strategy of the company to develop future successor. >> online web site radar online posted this video of jobs appearing unstudy as he left a building. and there are no updates. >> supporters held a rally for three men who kidnapped a school bus driver and 26 children, it made head lines world wide.

they kept the victims in a moving van trailer which they buried in livermore. they demanded $5 million ransom. they were later arrested after children managed to escape, unharmed. the people, those men have been serving life sentences. lawyers asking the state supreme court to review this case. none of the men are danger to society accord together people who spoke with us. they say they have been having supportive psychological evaluations. they have the support of investigators in this case. >> and there is more still to come. coming up this surveillance video that i give police the best lead yet to catch a suspect wanted in a brutal attack on an oakland woman. >> and then from 7 on your side ipad app means you can check a book out of the local library without stepping inside.

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if you recognize the man in this video detectives believe he's the same man who beat and sexual assaulted a woman inside of her apartment complex on jackson street near chinatown february 7th. police looking to see if this attack just a short distance away. >> the former ahead of napa state hospital is going to prison forest of his life. the judge sentenced him to 248 years for molesting his adopted son over an eight year period. the judge called him a sick, sick man and drew a a.plaus when issuing maximum sentence. a jury convicted him of engaging in sex acts with a child. five other men testified he had abused them for years. he denied all charges. >> and the partial collapse of

two walls forced two businesses to close for the time being along 4th street in berkeley. the cave in happened while crews worked on building a new apple store. firefighters called in a building inspector and a contractor after they collapsed yesterday morning. no one was hurt. and it appears the walls of the original building sank foot ground. >> does your child play in bounce houses? well this story is going to be important to you. >> there is a major settlement to lower levels of lead found in many of them. michael finney has the story. >> we're among the first to bring this story. lead can cause slow brain development in children and high levels were nound a place where kids can get a lot of exposure, bounce houses like these are popular at birthday parties. the center for environmental

health found lead in some of them up to 300 times federal standards. the attorney general filed suit against eight suppliers and today, two major company as agreed to severely limit lead in their play structures. we're told that could make it safer for about half of the bounce houses but... not all so parents should watch children hands any time they use them. >> if there is lead dust they're going to ghaet dust on their hands, then they finish they're going to run out to grab a piece of kaing and that dust on their hands is going to end up in their mouths. >> under the settlement two agreed to test bounce houses that are already being rented out and replaced dangerous ones. >> if you have an old library card and a new ipad you can down load both for free. apple has a new application letting you wirelessly down load e books from the library.

it's free and there are no late fees. >> this book expires as soon as the due date arrives. and right at that date is book is no longer accessible by use yir autos how cool is that? the catch is that it only works if your library provides e book autos if you're in danger of foreclosure there is an opportunity tomorrow to work out a solution. a community event will be held in san jose all day, homeowners can be face-to-face with their mortgage lend skbrer counselor. the event from 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the san jose convention center. we have details on our web site. and under 7 on your side. you may remember we've seen people save their homes at these. >> great. great. thank you very much. >> sure. >> moving on. by tomorrow we'll probably be thinking was it wednesday

night? >> and we prepare to throw snow balls in san francisco. >> it's going to get interesting. above a thousand feet you may be throwing snow balls but down to sea level we can see snowflakes. yes. snowflakes. hard to believe, it would be a rarity. all talk about knit just a moment. there is a live picture, you can see view here we have v.clouds going through no. rain just yet. it's breezy outside and a little bit cooler this afternoon. here are the current readings, everyone into 50s at who this hour, highlights, showers for thursday and friday. snowflakes may reach sea level. may is the key word here accumulating snow above a thousand feet. here is the satellite and radar this, is a very cold storm. it's coming down from western canada. an arctic air mass is accompanying this. we're talking about low snow

levels. tomorrow morning, showers starting here then as morning going on heading into afternoon rainfall starts to become more wide spread. there is a little bit of snow. and no big deal, right? this becomes a big deal heading into friday morning. heavy rain developing along the front tomorrow night around 10:00. five a.m. you'll see still a batch of brief down pours here expected. then looking at what happens at 7:00 friday morning... we're starting to see some snow reaching from below elevations mixed in with rain this, shifts east by 9:00 a.m. this, is a computer model. of course it could happen. problem is that most moisture is gone by the time colder air starts to move in here.

so we'll watch this around noon time. and there could be snow flurries then heading into friday night things taper off. rainfall six tenths through friday night. here is what it's going to look like. fresh powder to ski on. winter storm warning 4:00 p.m. thursday through 4:00 a.m. saturday. one to two feet expected at lake level. and ridge stop gusts 90 miles per hour. rough driving conditions. and tonight temperatures going to be into low 30s to mid whos, you'll see clouds gathering. we're seeing clouds tomorrow afternoon low 40s around clear lake to about the low 50s down into san jose. it's going to be breezy and wet by afternoon. around the bay temperatures low to mid-50s carry umbrellas, here is the accu-weather forecast. rain thursday.

snow mixing in on friday. and a freeze watch has been issued for north bay valleys friday night into early saturday could see temperatures dropping into mid-20s, freezing cold saturday night into sunday morning. periods of rain with a warmer storm tuesday and wednesday. but notice high temperatures friday and saturday, we're struggling to get out of the 40s for highs just to give you an indication. >> that is why we might see snowflakes. >> right. >> thank you very much. >> still ahead our waist hin grows, so are the waist lines of some best friends. >> that is coming up. and broken beyond repair. i. team exammins prison health care.

there is good news to report this, little boy we talked about a little while ago, christian rubio has been found safe, he's okay. apparently he twont a friend's house and just didn't tell his parents. they were frantic. a big search and everyone looking for him but he's just fine. probably has explaining to do now but he's okay that. is good news. >> probably in a little bit of trouble. we're glad he's fine. >> americans not the only ones gaining weight. pets are, too and according to a study more than half are overweight. and one fifth class fived as obese. and it's important to stop giving treats, measure meals and give them daily exercise. >> and stay with us.

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at 6:00 the state budget and your tax burden. tonight sacramento republicans revealing a condition they have for putting it up for a vote. also san jose police officers on offensive see what they're doing try to stop this plan to cut jobs. this is coming up at 6:00. now back to dan and cheryl. >> and celebrity chef wolfgang puck released an oscar manual. >> that is right. the 17th year he's indicatored the ball. there will be a sushi bowl. >> and the main menu includes dover sole and a little bit of spanish yams. >> coverage begins at 2:00.